most rushing touchdowns in a single game college football

Jaret Patterson has scored the most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8 touchdowns against Kent State on November 28, 2020.

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most rushing touchdowns by a player in a single game college football

	NAME	RUSH TD	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	8	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	409	36	11.4
2	Kalen Ballage K. Ballage	7	9/10/2016	ASU	vs	TTU	137	13	10.5	48	2	4	24.0	1
3	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	7	11/22/2013	NAVY	@	SJSU	240	36	6.7	0	0			0
4	Montel Harris M. Harris	7	11/17/2012	TEM	@	ARMY	351	36	9.8
5	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	6	8/31/2024	BSU	@	GASO	267	20	13.4	4	3	4	1.3	0
6	Israel Abanikanda I. Abanikanda	6	10/8/2022	PITT	vs	VT	320	36	8.9	0	0	1		0
7	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	6	11/29/2019	BUFF	vs	BGSU	298	26	11.5
8	Ryquell Armstead R. Armstead	6	11/10/2018	TEM	@	HOU	210	30	7.0	0	0	1		0
9	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	11/7/2015	LT	vs	UNT	195	22	8.9	32	3	4	10.7	0
10	Keenan Reynolds K. Reynolds	6	11/15/2014	NAVY	vs	GASO	277	30	9.2
11	Kapri Bibbs K. Bibbs	6	11/16/2013	CSU	@	UNM	291	38	7.7	0	0			0
12	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	6	10/20/2012	LT	vs	IDHO	232	17	13.6
13	Stefphon Jefferson S. Jefferson	6	9/22/2012	NEV	@	HAW	170	31	5.5	76	3		25.3	1
14	Carnell Williams C. Williams	6	10/18/2003	AUB	vs	MSST	161	15	10.7
15	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	6	12/7/2002	MIA	vs	VT	205	39	5.3	21	2		10.5	0
16	Craig Candeto C. Candeto	6	12/7/2002	NAVY	@	ARMY	103	18	5.7
17	Chance Kretschmer C. Kretschmer	6	11/24/2001	NEV	@	UTEP	327	45	7.3
18	Chris Brown C. Brown	6	11/23/2001	COLO	vs	NEB	198	24	8.3
19	Levron Williams L. Williams	6	10/6/2001	IND	@	WIS	280	20	14.0
20	Dwone Hicks D. Hicks	6	10/7/2000	MTSU	vs	LT	311	32	9.7
21	Quentin Griffin Q. Griffin	6	10/7/2000	OKLA	vs	TEX	87	23	3.8	45	3		15.0	0
22	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	5	11/15/2025	UNT	@	UAB	189	27	7.0	21	1	2	21.0	0
23	Jonah Coleman J. Coleman	5	9/6/2025	WASH	vs	UCD	111	15	7.4	24	1	2	24.0	0
24	Bryson Daily B. Daily	5	10/19/2024	ARMY	vs	ECU	171	31	5.5	0	0	0		0
25	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	5	10/19/2024	FLA	vs	UK	106	22	4.8	0	0	0		0

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PASS

2,520

Roberson

RUSH

755

Henderson

REC

981

McMillan

Team Rankings

PPG

24.0

100th

OPP PPG

23.5

66th

RUSH YDS/G

133.9

109th

PASS YDS/G

229.0

78th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Central Michigan	5-3	7-6
6	Akron	4-4	5-7
7	Buffalo	4-4	5-7
8	Kent State	4-4	5-7
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	ALBY	@	BUFF	7:00 PM
Sat 9/12	BUFF	@	FIU	6:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BUFF	@	PSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	RMU	@	BUFF	3:30 PM
Sat 10/3	WMU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio

8 - 4

Final

Buffalo

5 - 7

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167